Digital camera

Abstract

A digital camera includes a signal processing circuit. The signal processing circuit sequentially outputs a plurality of frames of still image data that correspond to an object image. When a shutter button is operated in an animation mode, one frame of the still image data is recorded into a magnetooptical disk in a compressed state. When a display mode 2 is selected in the animation mode, recorded latest still image data and the still image data output from the signal processing circuit are alternately selected so as to display on a monitor a moving image on the basis of the selected still image data.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A digital camera, comprising: 
 a photographer for sequentially outputting a plurality of screens of still image signals that correspond to an object image;    a recorder for recording one screen of the still image signal at every time that a recording instruction is issued; and    a displayer for displaying a moving image formed of one screen of the still image signal that corresponds to a latest recording instruction and the still image signals outputted from said photographer when a specific display instruction is issued.    
     
     
         2 . A digital camera according to  claim 1 , further comprising a remote controller that is prepared separately from a main body, and issues at least one of said recording instruction and said specific display instruction in response to a key operation.  
     
     
         3 . A digital camera according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a first memory for storing one screen of the still image signal that corresponds to said latest recording instruction;    a second memory for storing the still image signals sequentially outputted from said photographer; and    a changer for alternately changing a reading destination of the still image signals forming said moving image between said first memory and said second memory.    
     
     
         4 . A digital camera according to  claim 3 , further comprising a suspender for suspending a change operation of said changer in response to a change suspending instruction after said specific display instruction.  
     
     
         5 . A digital camera according to  claim 4 , further comprising an input key for inputting said change suspending instruction, wherein said suspender determines a suspending time period of said change operation on the basis of an operating manner of said input key.  
     
     
         6 . A signal processing method of a digital camera provided with a photographer for sequentially outputting a plurality of screens of still image signals corresponding to an object image, and a recorder for recording one screen of the still image signal at every time that a recording instruction is issued, comprising steps of: 
 (a) storing into a first memory one screen of the still image signal corresponding to a latest recording instruction;    (b) storing into a second memory the still image signals sequentially outputted from said photographer;    (c) alternately changing a reading destination of the still image signals between said first memory and said second memory; and    (d) displaying a moving image on the basis of the still image signals read out from said first memory and said second memory.